British Columbia · Registered charity
THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$100,370 to it, the largest being SALT SPRING ISLAND FOUNDATION (C$82,837). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Raffi Foundation for Child Honouringlocalportfolio match
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio match
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 14% · 2018 20% · 2019 10% · 2020 7% · 2021 31% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose C$2k → C$10k.
From the CRA filings of THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 94% · 2019 77% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 58% · 2023 80% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
83% of THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Raffi Foundation for Child Honouringlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 9 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sunshine Coast Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Campbell River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Whistler Health Care Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Squamish Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Whistlerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Comox Valley Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Wilding FoundationlocalBC · funds 5 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 10% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$100,370 to it, the largest being SALT SPRING ISLAND FOUNDATION (C$82,837). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$100,370 in grants to THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- SALT SPRING ISLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$82,837 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SALTSPRING ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register